Validation of an administrative claims coding algorithm for serious opioid overdose: A medical chart review.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:A standardized definition for serious opioid overdose has not been clearly established for disease surveillance or assessing the impact of risk mitigation strategies. The purpose of this study was to use medical chart review to clinically validate a claims-based algorithm to identify serious opioid overdose events. METHODS:The algorithm for serious opioid overdose required an opioid poisoning or external cause ICD-9-CM code occurring within 1 day of (a) an adverse effect code for serious central nervous system or respiratory depression or (b) a mechanical ventilation or critical care CPT code. The claims coding algorithm identified a sample of 145 individuals 18 years or older among patients that presented to the emergency department of two large hospitals in metropolitan Atlanta,

SUBMITTER: Mountcastle SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6810754 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature